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Home » EUROPE » 21 killed after bus falls from Venice bridge and catches fire

21 killed after bus falls from Venice bridge and catches fire

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October 4, 2023
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Firefighters work on the site of a bus accident on October 03, 2023 in Mestre, near Venice. At least 20 people were killed Tuesday when a bus plunged off a bridge in the northern Italian city of Venice, a city hall spokesman told AFP. - The crash caused "at least 20 deaths, including two children," the spokesman said. Firefighters said the bus caught fire after careering off a bridge linking the Mestre and Marghera districts. (Photo by Marco SABADIN / AFP)

Firefighters work on the site of a bus accident on October 03, 2023 in Mestre, near Venice. At least 20 people were killed Tuesday when a bus plunged off a bridge in the northern Italian city of Venice, a city hall spokesman told AFP. - The crash caused "at least 20 deaths, including two children," the spokesman said. Firefighters said the bus caught fire after careering off a bridge linking the Mestre and Marghera districts. (Photo by Marco SABADIN / AFP)

At least 21 people, including two children and foreign tourists, were killed when a bus running on methane plunged off a bridge in Venice and caught fire.

Numerous others were injured in the crash on Tuesday evening.

“The bus flipped upside down. The impact was terrible because it fell from over 10 metres,” Mauro Luongo, fire brigade commander of Venice, told reporters at the scene.

The methane powered bus was returning from Venice’s historic centre to a camping site when the accident occurred around 7:30 pm (1730 GMT).

Firefighters said it caught fire after careering off a bridge straddling a railway line and linking the Mestre and Marghera districts of Venice in northern Italy.

“A tragedy has struck our community this evening,” mayor Luigi Brugnaro wrote on Facebook, describing the crash site as “an apocalyptic scene”.

Luca Zaia, the governor of the Venice region, confirmed at least 21 dead and numerous others injured, some seriously, deploring a “tragedy of enormous proportions”.

A city hall official said the dead included Ukrainian tourists while Italian news agency ANSA said the fatalities included German and French citizens.

Three Ukrainians, a Croatian, German and French national were among the injured, a city official told AFP.

Emergency workers spent hours removing the bodies, working overnight on the charred remains of the vehicle, which they finally removed from the scene the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Luongo, the fire chief, said the cause of the crash was not known, but “in the impact the electric batteries of the bus caught fire”.

There was speculation that the driver, who was among the dead, suffered a sudden illness that caused him to lose control of the bus.

Investigators are analysing surveillance cameras from the area as part of their investigation into what happened.

– Condolences –

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed her “profound condolences”.

“I am in contact with mayor Luigi Brugnaro and (Transport) Minister Matteo Salvini in order to follow the news of this tragedy,” she said in a statement.

Salvini was among those who suggested the cause of the accident could be the driver suddenly taking sick.

According to Corriere della Sera newspaper, 19 died at the scene, with the remaining two dying in hospital.

Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said the “aggravating factor” was methane, and that the fire spread rapidly.

Francesso Moraglia, the Patriarch of Venice, was at the site where he blessed the dead, their bodies covered with white shrouds on which bouquets of red flowers had been placed.

French President Emmanuel Macron and European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen offered their condolences.

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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said she was “deeply saddened by the terrible bus tragedy… In this night of grief, my thoughts are with the victims, their families and friends”.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the German foreign affairs department told AFP its embassy in Rome was working with Italian authorities to verify whether German nationals were among the victims.

In July 2018, a bus carrying a group of some 50 holidaymakers back to Naples fell off a viaduct near the city killing 40 people in all.

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